Facundo Mena and Genaro Alberto Olivieri will square off in the quarter of the Quito Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on ESTADIO. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Genaro Alberto Olivieri who should win in 3 sets.
Genaro Alberto Olivieri -> 1.69
Facundo Mena -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Genaro Alberto Olivieri
This will be the 4th time that Facundo Mena and Genaro Alberto Olivieri clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Alberto (see full H2H stats
), 2-1 on clay.The last time that they played, Alberto won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Punta Del Este Challenger back in 2020.
Facundo Mena
Ranked no. 322, Facundo reached the quarter after defeating Alejandro Gomez 7-66 7-5 and Cristian Rodriguez 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Facundo had a good straight sets win against Rodriguez (6-2 6-4). During the match, Mena scored 69 points vs Rodriguez’s 50. Facundo was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mena made 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Facundo Mena lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Mena put 57% of his first serves in, winning 77% (24/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Facundo broke Rodriguez 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Mena has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (330-238). 16-19 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mena has an aggregate282-201 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Mena’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Tallahassee Challenger and the Prague 2 Challenger.
Facundo has an overall 16-23 win-loss record in 2021, 16-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Quito Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See his history.
Genaro Alberto Olivieri
Ranked no. 349 (career-high), Genaro got to the quarter after beating Oriol Roca Batalla 3-6 6-3 7-5 and Renzo Olivo 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Alberto had a good straight sets win against Olivo (6-2 6-2). During the match Alberto scored 66 points vs Olivo’s 46. Genaro was exceptionally aggressive to blast 15 winners.
About the serving games, Alberto fired 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Genaro Alberto Olivieri was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (15/19) of his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Genaro broke Olivo 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Genaro started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Argentine’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Tulsa.
Alberto has a compiled 22-13 win-loss record in 2021, 9-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Alberto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 46 |
| Pts | 155-123 | 156-127 |
| Total Points | 278 | 283 |
| Winners | 63 | 54 |
| %Winners | 41% | 35% |
Both Mena and Alberto played 2 matches. At the moment, Genaro Alberto Olivieri conceded 1 set while Facundo Mena hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mena has played 1 set(s) less than Alberto (4 vs 5). Therefore, Mena played 3 games less than Alberto. Mena scored 63 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Genaro bagged 54 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Alberto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 5 |
| 1st in | 81/127 | 65/130 |
| %1st in | 64% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 63/81 | 54/65 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 25/46 | 39/65 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 60% |
Mena struck 20 aces (10 per match). Alberto scored 10 aces (5 per match). Mena won 78% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Alberto won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Alberto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 7/20 |
| % Converted | 37% | 35% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Mena broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Mena surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Alberto broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. Genaro conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | ||||
| R1 Gomez | R2 Rodriguez | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 7-5 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 18 | 43 | |
| pts | 86-73 | 69-50 | 155-123 | |
| Total points | 159 | 119 | 278 | |
| Winners | 39 | 24 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 35% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 50/73 | 31/54 | 81/127 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 57% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 39/50 | 24/31 | 63/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 77% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 11/23 | 25/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 48% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 5/11 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 45% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 33% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Alberto | ||||
| R1 Roca Batalla | R2 Olivo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 7-5 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 16 | 46 | |
| pts | 90-81 | 66-46 | 156-127 | |
| Total points | 171 | 112 | 283 | |
| Winners | 39 | 15 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 23% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 46/73 | 19/57 | 65/130 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 33% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 39/46 | 15/19 | 54/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 79% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/27 | 20/38 | 39/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 53% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/11 | 5/9 | 7/20 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 56% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 86% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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